The AHL has suspended Syracuse forward Darcy Verot three games for his role in the Amerks-Crunch brawl Saturday night.

Verot ignited the melee by cross-checking Rochester's Clarke MacArthur during a line change. Verot was taken aback by the discipline. No Amerks were suspended.

"I don't know. The game has changed,'' he said. "You used to do a lot crazier stuff than that, and nothing happened. I thought maybe a game at most, but maybe nothing.''

Verot admitted going out of his way to hit MacArthur because he was upset Amerks coach Randy Cunneyworth sent out his top line for a 5-on-3 power play late in the game with Rochester ahead 5-2.

"I still think it (his action) was something that didn't take away from what we're trying to accomplish as a team,'' Verot said. "I think we have to make it (the War Memorial) a tougher place to come into.''

With no games until next week, Verot knows he's in for a lot of post-practice skating.

"I imagine (he'll get) get bag-skated every day, which is fun,'' he said.